Puja Samagri of Durga Puja | Durga Puja Items | Navratri Puja Thali Samagari / माँ दुर्गा पूजा सामग्री
The following items must be ready before you start the Durga Puja:
- Sindoor or kumkum
- Powder of five different colours
- Turmeric
- Rice
- Kusum flowers
- Coconut fibre that is burnt to aarti of the goddess
- Bel patra
- Five types of tree leaves (mango, fig, banyan,beetel,pakur)
- Five type of gemstones (gold,diamond, sapphire, ruby and pearl)
- Five types of tree bark (jam, shimul, berela, kool and bokul)
- Green coconut
- Rings made of kusha
- Cloth that is kept on the pot
- A dhoti for lord Vishnu
- A saree for puja and the chandi path
- Horitoki (myrobalan)
- Chandmala
- Mattress of jute and hay for the priest to sit
- A mirror
- Four arrows
- You need to make proper arrangements for the bath. This includes sandal wood paste and water.
- You must also make proper arrangement for the bhog prasad that you will be offering to the Goddess Durga. If you are worshipping the goddess for nine days of the Navratri then you must make different bhog for different days.
- For the Bengalis who worship the Goddess Durga for five days they need to arrange for all these items on a daily basis. On some days they may need to arrange for few more items and some days not.
- Lots of fresh flowers are needed. Lotus is a must in Goddess Durga puja.
- Conch shells
- Ghee
- Sugar
- Five type of fruits
- A clay pot on which the green coconut is placed.
- Milk
- Gamcha (red and white cloth) more common in West Bengal
- White mustard seeds
- A fly whisk to fan the idol of the goddess
- Lots of lamps
- Oil for the lamps
- Yellow thread
- Red aalta ( a red paint that is applied on the legs of the goddess)
- Durba grass
- Perfume
- Basil leaves
- Incense sticks
- Curd
- You must also keep some gifts for the priest
- Nose ring is a must to be offered to the Goddess Durga.
- Jute ropes
- Honey
- Soil from the bank of river Ganges
- A small bowl filled with rice that is placed on top of the pot.
- You must use a clean plate to offer food to the Goddess Durga. This must be a plate that is used only for pujas.
- Kajal